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County profile

Nelson

United States · GDP 2024
#1130 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
17,214
Employers
1,023
Avg. wage
$53.8k
Population
49,036
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$69.6k±$2.7k
Business applications
601 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade15%
Construction13%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation10%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
49,036
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $58.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,628
International migration+609
Natural change−5

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$238.0k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±1.3%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
222 (4.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
55.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 89Lightning 85Winter weather 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
204
2016
220
2017
229
2018
242
2019
251
2020
278
2021
323
2022
350
2023
375
2024
392
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wasco$2.4BMcLeod$2.4BGila$2.4BTransylvania$2.4BBenton$2.4BDyer$2.4B
The read

Nelson's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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